St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-09
c A LAWYERS RICH PRIZE.
Millionaire Crocker's Daughter to
We'd Mr.. Alexander.

We'd Mr.. Alexander.
| The young man who is to marry Mil
lionaire Crocker's daughter is the son of
| Henry Alexander, of the firm of Alex
lander IL Green. He is graduate of
Princeton college and is considered one
of the rising young men at the metro
politan bar. He is handsome, well
built and about thirty years old.
| Charles Cfecller, the celebrated Cali
fornia millionaire, is one of the wealth
lest men in the nation. He is org
of the four owners of the
great Central Pacific railroad system.
that has its lines of track thousands of
miles in length. Yet Crocker was a
very poor man in his younger days.
About the time the civil war broke out
Charles Croker kept srlall store in
Sacramento. While there he Joined
with his humble friends, c. p. Hunting
| ton, Leland Stanford and Mark Hop
| kins, in forming the Central Pacific.
Their original investments were cOnsid-
erably less than $4,000, while their
| profits are believed to have Melted them
100000, 600 each. II
Of this famous quartette Miss Hattie
Croker is the only heireSS. She is tile
one daughter born to any of the four
millionaires. Mark Hopkins died childs
less and his widow, whose fortune l.
immense, adopted the son of her wash
erwoman and named him Timothy Hop
kins. He will have all the Hopkins
money when his adopted mother dies.
Z. l.. huntington has no children, al
though he has been twice married. Lee
land Stanford had a son, whose death
will be remembered owing to the won
derful funeral. So Miss Crocker is the
only daughter and the first child of the
Pacific projectors to be joined in matri-
mOny.
Miss Croker is not beauty, but she
has long been the belle of the Pacific
coast. Her manners are very attractive
and her conversational powers are con-
sidered exceptionally fine. She is petite,
but with plump, round figure, and she
is blonde of pronounced type. She
has travelled extensively and has been
in the best society of all the large cities
of the world. Her social advantages
have, therefore, been equally as good as
the youth she is to wed.
Miss Hattie has been engaged fire.
quently, if Dame RumOr was on the
right scent. She fell in love, while a
mere school girl, with young working
man in San Francisco, and her father
had good deal of trouble and annoy
ance over the match. The couple were
very much attached. Finally, however.
the millionaire induced the young
labOrer to leave, and he has had him in
Europe, living in luxury, for some
years.
After the workingman's departure
Hattie got over her first love and soon
had SuitOrS at her feet. Among those
who paid her great deal of attention
was rich young Philadelphia by the
name of FrOelich. He was about to
marry her, it was reported, but for
some unknown reason the engagement
was broken.
The attachment to MI. Alexander was
first formed about year ago, while
Miss Croker was on visit to friends
here in New York. He admired her
brilliancy, her charming manner and
vivaciOus conversation. She admired
his studiOuS habits. gentlemanly con-
duct and quiet, dignifed waya.
1t is expected that the couple will
make great sensation in New York
society. They will live in an elegant
house on Fifth avenue, which. it is un-
derSt0od will be one of the brides gifts
from her father, and with the money
| that is so abundant on both sides MI.
and Mrs. Alexander will undoubtedly
have the best of everything for the re-
| mainder of their lives.
iiS NNNtilis, Will ltthC place SOillt tllne
next month. The ceremony will be per-
| formed at the magnificent Crocker man
| sion, on Mob hill, on the outskirts of
San Francisco. This handsome resi-
| dence is near the palaces of Mrs. Hop
| kinS and the famous Jim Flood. The
| Hopkins and Flood mansions are said to
have cost $1,000,O0O each, and the
CrOcker house did not cost much less.
1t is intended to have the wedding the
| greatest ever known in America. The
greatest preparations are being made.
The groom and his friends start early
next week from this city in special
train furnished by Mr.. Crocker. There
are to be cars for servants and attend
ants and spec:ai car for horses and
carriages. 1t is expected that the party
will want to stop at various points along
the route and take drive in order 70
view the scenery. Should they do So
they will have their own carriages.
horses, cOachmen and hoStlers. Among
the party will be Miss Grace Green
Orange, n. j., a niece of Gov. Green.
She is engaged to brother of Mr.. Alex
ander.
1t is now probable that the bride aHd
groom will take most of their honey
moon in trip around the world. start
ing from San Francisco and going across
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